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Businesses with 5 or more employees who do not offer a retirement plan and have been in business since January 1, 2023 are required to either register and enroll employees in MyCTSavings, or provide another qualified retirement plan. Once enrolled, employees have the option to opt-out, stay with the standard Roth IRA, or customize a Roth IRA by setting the deduction percentage and choosing from several fund options.

The new EU Artificial Intelligence Act raises many questions and should put AI on every business’s agenda sooner rather than later.

With IT security and data protection being such important factors, accountants and bookkeepers need to ensure they have considered how they set rules and guidelines for themselves and their teams.

Imagine that a claim has been brought against your firm and you are sitting on the witness stand defending the firm's services. Your confidence is bolstered by detailed engagement letters used for each service that was delivered to the client by the firm. Yet doubt creeps into your mind as you remember your client's comments.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and growth opportunities are on the rise, according to a survey of leaders at private companies and private-companies-turned-public.

The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in Connecticut and New York affected by severe storms and flooding from torrential rainfalls that began on Aug. 18, 2024. Some communities in western Connecticut also experienced landslides and mudslides from these storms.

CPA leaders' optimism about the U.S. economy and their own organizations has trended downward in a quarterly survey since hitting peaks in the second quarter of 2021. While there have been rebounds, recent survey results reveal another decline in optimism for both.

At first glance, it might appear that the growing number of regulations related to sustainability will affect only the largest CPA firms.

Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule that brings certain investment advisers within the standards of FinCEN's anti-money-laundering and countering-the-financing-of-terrorism (AML/CFT) programs.

As the cost-benefits of generative AI for businesses come into question, new data from KPMG suggest the largest companies have a timeline to ROI.

The Internal Revenue Service today issued a reminder that employers who offer educational assistance programs can also use them to help pay for their employees’ student loan obligations through Dec. 31, 2025.

Organisations should consider addressing management practices and age-inclusion policies to retain talent across generations.

Brian May, CFO of food service company Nicholas and Company, offers a unique CFO perspective on the lessons he learned during a major digital overhaul.

On May 28, 2024, Governor Ned Lamont signed legislation expanding Connecticut’s 2011 Sick Leave Law. The new legislation is effective on January 1st, 2025. The law covers more employees, expands the reasons under which employees may use paid sick leave, and reduces the required hours to accrue paid sick leave.

A federal judge in Texas issued a permanent injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements Aug. 20, two weeks before the controversial regulation’s effective date.

As artificial intelligence quietly transforms the accounting industry, we look at how it has evolved and the changes it has brought to everyday tasks, with this feature forming part of our special editorial report on the subject, in association with Sage.

Half of surveyed organizations don’t know how often they’re hit by fraudulent payment schemes or what the cost is.

NPAG’s Accounting Talent Strategy Report explores the latest pipeline data, root causes of the profession’s attrition, potential solutions, and next steps.

Accounting firm Marcum, which has multiple offices in Connecticut, is being acquired by a publicly traded financial services advisory firm in a deal worth $2.3 billion, the company announced.

Of all problems the tax and accounting profession faces, staffing seems the most persistent. Older and younger accountants alike are bailing, driven by a sometimes hard combination of perception and reality.